Betfred British Masters - R4

May 09-12
Hillside Golf Club, Southport, England
£3,000,000
Live leaderboard
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Marcus Kinhult held off challenges from defending champion Eddie Pepperell, four-time winner Matt Wallace and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre to win his first European Tour title at the Betfred British Masters.

“It’s unreal. I’ve been dreaming about it for such a long time and to finally do it is amazing. My knees were shaking on that final putt. My hands were shaking. Everything was shaking. It’s hard to remember now. Just so much nerves and so much willpower I guess. It’s a cool feeling.”

The Swede birdied the final two holes at Hillside Golf Club after dropping two strokes on the previous two holes, to finish one ahead of Pepperell, Wallace and MacIntyre, the young Scot chasing his first victory on just his 14th European Tour start.

“It was a real fight today. I played solid the front nine. Could have played better and then played okay beginning of the back nine and made bogey on 15 and 16. Then just managed to hole two good putts on 17 and 18.

“It was tough. I just tried to stay patient, composed and somehow I made those two last birdies. It is great. This is a very prestigious event and a nice little trophy to have. To get it as my first win is special.

“I had a great first impression when I got here Monday. I was just loving it here. The weather has been fantastic over the weekend. The crowds have been great crowds this week. I was surprised to see that many coming out on the weekend, since it’s a Premier League day today.

There was a four-way tie on 15 under par when Kinhult and Wallace stood on the 18th tee, but Kinhult converted a birdie putt from eight feet to claim his maiden title, becoming the third Swedish winner of the British Masters after Alex Noren in 2016 and Johan Edfors in 2006.

MacIntyre looked to have dropped out of contention after a double bogey on the par five second hole, but he pulled a shot back on the fourth hole and then played the back nine in five under par to race up the leaderboard.

“I just stuck to the game plan. I doubled the second early on but my caddie said to me, just be patient. Really this week was probably the best I’ve hit my irons. I hit them much better this week. I struggled a bit off the tee. I thought, I just had to hang in. Today on the 16th tee, I looked back and thought, this is what it’s all about. The fans were brilliant. Tommy was great, as well.”

Pepperell, defending the title he won at Walton Heath in October, carded a final round six under par 66, while Wallace, who shared the 54-hole lead with Kinhult, signed for a one under par round to join him and MacIntyre in second place.

“It was a good round. Very steady, really. I only hit a couple of bad shots but it was very steady. The whole week, I only made two bogeys actually which for me is remarkable.

“ I kind of set myself a target of 17 a round after the turn, and I thought, I expected those guys to get to 17 — get to 16 in the end. They were not far off that. Pins weren’t easy today and the pressure at the end playing with those guys, you can never be too sure. But fair play to Marcus. He’s been a good player for a while, so it is good to see.”

Richie Ramsay took solo fifth place on 12 under par after a level par round, with English pair Jordan Smith and Paul Waring sharing sixth on 11 under.

Tournament host Tommy Fleetwood shared eighth place on ten under par with five other golfers, including former World Number One Martin Kaymer.

“I think it’s been great. My own performance wasn’t good particularly, from start to finish, I didn’t hit it great. But you know, I could have hit them better on the last few holes, of course I could have. Things maybe caught up with me in the end. I was disappointing the way I played.

“I couldn’t have asked for more from the event. It is the first event I ever had a part in hosting and brought it to Southport, and you never know how it’s going to go. It’s been amazing.

“I couldn’t have asked for anything more from everybody who has turned out, or just watching or working the event and volunteering and made it such a great event and very memorable for me.”

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Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	-16	65	69	68	70	272
T2	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	-15	70	67	70	66	273
T2	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	-15	68	69	68	68	273
T2	Matt Wallace	ENG	-15	65	67	70	71	273
5	Richie Ramsay	SCO	-12	66	67	71	72	276
T6	Paul Waring	ENG	-11	72	70	68	67	277
T6	Jordan Smith	ENG	-11	68	74	67	68	277
T8	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-10	71	71	70	66	278
T8	Martin Kaymer	GER	-10	68	71	73	66	278
T8	Renato Paratore	ITA	-10	73	67	72	66	278
T8	Joost Luiten	NED	-10	70	71	68	69	278
T8	Niklas Lemke	SWE	-10	69	64	75	70	278
T8	Oliver Wilson	ENG	-10	71	71	67	69	278
T8	Tommy Fleetwood	ENG	-10	68	69	68	73	278
T15	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-9	69	69	72	69	279
T15	Victor Perez	FRA	-9	71	70	72	66	279
T15	Andrea Pavan	ITA	-9	71	71	68	69	279
T15	Gavin Green	MAS	-9	74	67	68	70	279
T15	Matthew Jordan	ENG	-9	63	72	73	71	279
T15	Ross Fisher	ENG	-9	68	65	75	71	279
T15	Dimitrios Papadatos	AUS	-9	69	70	69	71	279
T15	Thomas Detry	BEL	-9	66	67	73	73	279
T23	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-8	73	68	70	69	280
T23	Victor Dubuisson	FRA	-8	69	67	72	72	280
T25	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND	-7	72	68	71	70	281
T25	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-7	72	69	70	70	281
T25	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	-7	72	68	69	72	281
T25	Robert Rock	ENG	-7	69	69	76	67	281
T25	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-7	70	69	69	73	281
T30	Michael Hoey	NIR	-6	68	71	73	70	282
T30	David Horsey	ENG	-6	72	70	68	72	282
T30	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	-6	72	70	71	69	282
T30	Hugo Leon	CHI	-6	72	68	69	73	282
T30	Lasse Jensen	DNK	-6	68	71	76	67	282
T35	Lee Westwood	ENG	-5	66	70	74	73	283
T35	Guido Migliozzi	ITA	-5	70	67	76	70	283
T35	Scott Hend	AUS	-5	68	69	73	73	283
T35	Tyrrell Hatton	ENG	-5	70	70	70	73	283
T35	Lucas Herbert	AUS	-5	72	68	74	69	283
T35	Oliver Fisher	ENG	-5	73	68	73	69	283
T35	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	-5	74	68	74	67	283
T42	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-4	68	69	74	73	284
T42	Andrew Johnston	ENG	-4	68	71	73	72	284
T42	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-4	73	68	70	73	284
T42	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-4	70	69	74	71	284
T42	Sean Crocker	USA	-4	67	71	72	74	284
T42	Connor Syme	SCO	-4	72	68	73	71	284
T42	Liam Johnston	SCO	-4	71	68	71	74	284
T42	David Howell	ENG	-4	72	70	71	71	284
T42	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-4	70	68	71	75	284
T42	Dean Burmester	RSA	-4	71	71	73	69	284
T42	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-4	71	70	74	69	284
T53	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-3	67	71	74	73	285
T53	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	-3	73	69	71	72	285
T53	David Law	SCO	-3	71	71	71	72	285
T53	Tom Lewis	ENG	-3	70	69	75	71	285
T53	Richard McEvoy	ENG	-3	75	67	67	76	285
T58	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-2	69	67	76	74	286
T58	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-2	69	70	73	74	286
T58	Stuart Manley	WAL	-2	71	70	71	74	286
T58	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-2	72	70	70	74	286
T58	Jack Senior	ENG	-2	72	69	72	73	286
T58	Steven Brown	ENG	-2	72	68	70	76	286
T58	Jens Dantorp	SWE	-2	74	67	73	72	286
T58	Robert Karlsson	SWE	-2	66	73	76	71	286
T58	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	-2	71	69	75	71	286
T58	Richard Sterne	RSA	-2	70	68	78	70	286
T68	Grant Forrest	SCO	-1	73	68	72	74	287
T68	Oliver Farr	WAL	-1	71	70	75	71	287
T70	Bernd Wiesberger	AUT	Par	69	72	71	76	288
T70	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	Par	71	70	73	74	288
T70	Paul Dunne	IRL	Par	71	69	78	70	288
73	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	1	72	68	77	72	289
74	Sam Horsfield	ENG	2	69	73	74	74	290
75	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	3	69	71	75	76	291
76	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	4	71	71	76	74	292
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	Anton Karlsson	SWE	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-1	75	68	–	–	143
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	-1	75	68	–	–	143
CUT	Bradley Dredge	WAL	-1	74	69	–	–	143
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	-1	73	70	–	–	143
CUT	David Drysdale	SCO	-1	73	70	–	–	143
CUT	George Coetzee	RSA	-1	73	70	–	–	143
CUT	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	-1	74	69	–	–	143
CUT	Kalle Samooja	FIN	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Kristoffer Reitan	NOR	-1	74	69	–	–	143
CUT	Lee Slattery	ENG	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Matthew Cort	ENG	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Min-Woo Lee	AUS	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	-1	73	70	–	–	143
CUT	Per Laengfors	SWE	-1	74	69	–	–	143
CUT	Adria Arnaus	ESP	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Austin Connelly	CAN	Par	75	69	–	–	144
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	David Dixon	ENG	Par	70	74	–	–	144
CUT	Deyen Lawson	AUS	Par	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Espen Kofstad	NOR	Par	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	Par	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	Par	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Jake McLeod	AUS	Par	74	70	–	–	144
CUT	Kim Koivu	FIN	Par	76	68	–	–	144
CUT	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	NOR	Par	74	70	–	–	144
CUT	Matthew Southgate	ENG	Par	69	75	–	–	144
CUT	Ryan Fox	NZL	Par	73	71	–	–	144
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	Par	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Aaron Rai	ENG	1	77	68	–	–	145
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	1	73	72	–	–	145
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	1	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	1	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	1	68	77	–	–	145
CUT	Max Schmitt	GER	1	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	SWE	1	76	69	–	–	145
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	RSA	1	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	1	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	2	73	73	–	–	146
CUT	Brandon Stone	RSA	2	71	75	–	–	146
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	2	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	2	75	71	–	–	146
CUT	Romain Langasque	FRA	2	70	76	–	–	146
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	2	73	73	–	–	146
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	2	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	2	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	3	74	73	–	–	147
CUT	Alexander Levy	FRA	3	76	71	–	–	147
CUT	Ashun Wu	CHI	3	73	74	–	–	147
CUT	Chris Paisley	ENG	3	72	75	–	–	147
CUT	Darren Fichardt	RSA	3	75	72	–	–	147
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	3	75	72	–	–	147
CUT	Matthew Nixon	ENG	3	76	71	–	–	147
CUT	Tom Murray	ENG	3	76	71	–	–	147
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	4	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	Joel Girrbach	SWE	4	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	John Catlin	USA	4	71	77	–	–	148
CUT	Andy Sullivan	ENG	5	78	71	–	–	149
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	5	80	69	–	–	149
CUT	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	5	71	78	–	–	149
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	5	77	72	–	–	149
CUT	David Borda	ESP	6	77	73	–	–	150
CUT	James Morrison	ENG	6	79	71	–	–	150
CUT	Romain Wattel	FRA	6	73	77	–	–	150
CUT	Sebastian Soederberg	SWE	6	76	74	–	–	150
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	6	73	77	–	–	150
CUT	Conor Gough	ENG	7	77	74	–	–	151
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	7	72	79	–	–	151
CUT	Wade Ormsby	AUS	7	74	77	–	–	151
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	8	76	76	–	–	152
CUT	Max Orrin	ENG	8	78	74	–	–	152
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	8	76	76	–	–	152
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	10	79	75	–	–	154
DSQ	Marc Warren	SCO	Par	78	–	–	–	78
RET	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	Par	78	–	–	–	78
RET	Peter Hanson	SWE	Par	–	–	–	–	0